In the first seven months of 2025, Guangdong's foreign trade reached 5.4 trillion yuan, up 4.3% year-on-year. This growth is 0.8 percentage points faster than the national average, accounting for 21% of China's total foreign trade. Exports stood at 3.44 trillion yuan, up 1.7%, while imports rose 9.3% to 1.96 trillion yuan.
Foreign-invested enterprises posted the fastest growth, with imports and exports totaling 1.68 trillion yuan, up 5.9%, and representing 31.2% of the total. Private enterprises remained dominant, with 3.47 trillion yuan in trade, up 4.7%, accounting for 64.2% of the total.
ASEAN remained Guangdong's largest trading partner at 889.23 billion yuan, up 5.8%. Hong Kong SAR ranked second with 675.48 billion yuan in trade, up 8.5%, followed by the EU with 643.05 billion yuan, up 7.8%. Trade with Belt and Road Initiative countries reached 2.1 trillion yuan, up 4%, making up 39% of Guangdong's total.
The share of mechanical and electrical product exports increased. From January to July, Guangdong exported 2.33 trillion yuan of these products, up 7.4%, accounting for 67.8% of the province's total exports—3.6 percentage points higher than a year earlier. Meanwhile, labor-intensive product exports totaled 428.97 billion yuan, down 9.2%, accounting for 12.5%.
Notably, exports of computers and components reached 252.14 billion yuan, up 12.5%. Exports of electrical apparatus reached 245.16 billion yuan, up 18%. Exports of integrated circuits reached 202.88 billion yuan, up 30.9%. Drones and motorcycles also showed strong growth, increasing by 32.3% and 35.6%, respectively.
Reporter | Dai Bosi
Photo | Guangdong Sub-Administration of GACC
Editor | Hu Nan, James, Shen He
